he French girl saunters cooly down the streets of Paris in Yves Saint Laurent’s structured Le Smoking jacket, cigarette aptly in hand. The iconic take on menswear for women first reported that ‘[Le Smoking] is tailored as a male jacket, but has a that makes it extremely feminine.’ This balance between the ease of masculine fashion and the chic fit of womenswear is what made the piece so revolutionary.
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Sep 08, 2022
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